btkadams said:
Electronic music, dare I say it, is probably the most diverse music "genre" out there, if you want to cast that big a net. Not only because there are so many sounds incorporated into it, but almost every little influence and sound coagulates into its own sub-genres and grows within itself. It's all segmented growth, and not some fluid evolution like people would expect of a larger genre.
Take House music for instance, you have French House, Deep House, Funky House, Disco House, West Coast House, Chicago House, Chicago Hard House, Garage, Microhouse, Gospel House, etc etc, each with its own unique and signature sound. This is just a sampling of the sub-subgenres *within* a major subgenre of electronic music. Half the fun is diving into all the little minute nooks and crannies and finding a sound you like, because that really buzzy bass line or the copious amounts of thrashing guitar riff just might have its own little mini-genre and there's a whole bunch of people making music that sounds just like that. Fidget house is a fine example, an exemplary one, even. You don't evolve the sound, other sounds, new and old just comes along and it all compounds and morphs; that's how EDM as a whole changes. All for the better, I say; it forces the listener to go and find new sound and reconcile it with their own tastes instead of just sitting there and listening to whatever becomes popular next.
Trance (and we're talking pop/UK/Dutch trance here), was the big sound during the late 90's/turn of the millennium, and is actually the genre that introduce me not to EDM per se, but the community and the "zeitgeist" within it all, for the lack of a better word. Hard trance/Chicago Hard House/Hardcore still have their group fans and have "historically" been popular amongst raver kids; I wouldn't be surprised if they're still rocking it today.
